Omaha daily bee., 1887-09-25
A TEST CASE MADE AT LAST
The Board Of Transportation Decides
Against the Elkhorn Road.
MANDAMUs WILL BE ISSUED.
Last Day OF Several County Fairs
Republican Conventions-Dr. Baer
Married-Cass County Crtmt.
nals-Other Nebraska News.
Forcing an Issue.

LINCOLN, Neb., Sept. 24.-TSpecial Tele-
gram to the BEE. The state board OF trans
portation this afternoon passed upon the
finding in the question of rates as complained
of again st the Fremont Elkhorn Il Missouri
Valley railroad, deciding unanimously that
the rates were unjust and unreasonable. Ac-
companying the finding against the road was
q tabulated statement of what, in the opinion
of the board was just and reasonable rate.
This table of rates reduced the existing local
tariff, on the line of the Fremont, Elkhorn "
Missouri Valley railway. from onethird to
one-half. The table is a comparison of pres.
ent rates on the road from Lincoln to all
points with the new rate OF one-thlrd
less ordered BY the board, and showing the
excess of the existing rate over the new rate
as ordered. The reduction is ordered on all
lots. II the road should accept to the order,
every road in the state would have to comply
to a like reduction and the public would be
treated to saving of one.third on freight.
with the order of the boards. They have
given their opinion that the board is power
less to change rates and will fight 1t out on
that basis. The papers were put in the
hands of the officers last night to serve on
the manager of the road, and If the order is
not complied with at once the board of trans.
portation will instruct the attorney general
to commence mandamus proceedings against
the road that the board Is pOwerless Will be
at once decided upon. The board Is pushing
these proceedings and in fixing the one-third
reduction on this test case acted unani-
mOusly.
Saunders County's Republican Slate.
WAHoo. Neb., Sept 2i.-lSpecial Telegram
to the BEE. 1.-THE republicans of Saunders
county met in county convention at the court
house to day and put in nomination the fol-
lowing ticket: For treasurer, George Buck I;
for county clerk Horace Clark ; for register
of deeds, Otto f. Steen: for sheriff, ID. X.
Wilson; for county Judge, o. G. happening;
tor superintendent of public instruction, j.
Nj. Darr; for clerk of the district court, l.. E.
Gruver: for county commissioner John
Scott was renominated; for surveyor, w. W.
Alt; for coroner, DR.. Ira g. Stone. q. W..
Sheppard was nominated for representative
to ill the vacancy caused BY. the resignation
Of q. j.. Harrison. The convention
sIsS ssSen ss5e''ea to the judicial ssss1EH con1enton
| of the Fourth district instructed for Hon.
George l. Wright for district Judge and a
| delegation of Elerun to the state convention
| instructed to favor Judge Maxwell's renOmi-
nation for supreme judge. The convention
| also adopted resolution reaffirming the dec
laration of principles of the. republican
| national platform of 1854, and the state re-
publican platform of 1886. They declared In
| all questions regarding the change in the
fundamental law and expressed sympathy
with Gladstone in his efforts in behalf of the
irish people. The ticket nominated is a
strong one throughout and complete har-
| mOny rolgned. ,i, .-.-l..--s g. .-gfss'f